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In a statement, he rejected the allegations as "false" and said he was quitting "so as not to foster the perception engendered by these reports that the role of the Commonwealth in the forthcoming Zimbabwean elections has been compromised".
Anafu, who is Ghanaian, said that last January he had been invited to join the board of a new company called Oryx Diamonds Limited. 'The London Times' said the company intended to sell diamonds on behalf of Mugabe and President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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